You walk through the woods and stumble upon a gravestone. One becomes two, two becomes three and before you know it you're standing in the middle of an overgrown, forgotten cemetery.PLEASE NOTE THE RECENT CLARIFICATIONS TO THE DESCRIPTION, BELOW. 2017/03/23

This small burying ground is part of a Canadian National Historic Site, including a little wood frame church which is the oldest known surviving church in Canada associated with the German Canadian community.

Hopewell Cemetery is a badly neglected cemetery in rural Hunt County, slightly southeast of Merit. Estimate on the number of burials here is anywhere from about 170 to maybe 220, based on Findagrave numbers and a 2009 survey.